Laporta: Barça working on 'really exciting signing'

Barcelona president Joan Laporta says the Spanish champions are moving connected a "really breathtaking signing" aft completing a deal to bring successful Espanyol goalkeeper Joan García connected Wednesday.

Sporting manager Deco told ESPN past period that Barça privation to adhd different winger to the squad, with sources revealing Nico Williams, Luis Díaz, Marcus Rashford and Ivan Perišić are among respective candidates being considered depending connected however overmuch wealth is disposable to spend.

Recent reports suggest Athletic Club and Spain guardant Williams has emerged arsenic Barça's No.1 people aft Deco met with the player's agent, Felix Tainta, past week.

"We person brought successful 1 subordinate [García] and we're moving connected different truly breathtaking signing," Laporta said astatine a gathering with nine members connected Wednesday.

Barça attempted to motion Williams past summer, but the woody ne'er got disconnected the crushed due to the fact that the nine could not connection assurances helium would beryllium registered to play successful LaLiga.

Williams, 22, remains disposable for his merchandise clause, which is astir €58 cardinal ($66.7 million).

ESPN revealed past week Barça had an attack for Díaz knocked backmost by Liverpool, with the Colombian confirming helium was successful talks with different clubs, which could person accelerated negotiations for Williams.

Deco has besides met with Rashford's cause and brother, Dwaine Maynard, recently.

The thought is to enactment retired however overmuch each woody volition cost, with Barça taxable to LaLiga's fiscal just play rules, but Laporta knocked backmost a proposition from league president Javier Tebas this week that they are inactive operating nether definite restrictions.

"A batch of obstacles person been enactment successful our way, but we person managed to flooded them," Laporta added.

"We tin motion players usually without LaLiga intervening. It's a infinitesimal of existent restitution due to the fact that a batch of enactment has gone successful to the club's economical recovery."

Barça completed their archetypal signing of the summertime earlier connected Wednesday.

García, 24, has joined the nine connected a woody until 2031 aft the Catalan broadside activated the goalkeeper's €25 cardinal ($28.8 million) merchandise clause.